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WILLIAM S. IREY, OF MEXICO, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.

CIGARETTE-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 6, 1912.

Application filed August 12, 1908. Serial No. 448,227.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TILLIAM S. 1R EY, of Mexico, Province of Pampanga,Phllippme Islands, have invented certam new and useful Improvements inCigarette-h/lachines; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification. I

My invention relates to improvements in cigarette machines, and theobject of my in vention is to produce a simple and inexpensive machineof this kind, which may be operated by hand or power, which may bemultiplexed to produce any number of cigarettes at a time, which willproduce open ended or closed cigarettes, as desired, and in which allthe operating parts are disposed substantially in a straight line.

Further objects will appear in the detailed description.

\Vith these objects in view, my invention consists in the constructionand combinations of parts, as herein described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawingsFigures 1 and 1, which are to be takentogether, represent a side View of my invention. Figs. 2 and 2 which areto betaken together, are a top plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a crosssection of the same, taken on the line separating Figs. 1 and l andlooking toward the hopper. Fig. 1 is a detail view, showing variousparts of the operating mechanism detached in their proper relativepositions. Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1. Fig. 6is a cross section on the line 66 of Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a cross sectionon a larger scale on line 77 of Fig. 1. Fig. 8 is a cross section on thesame line, but showing the parts in a different position. Fig. 9 is aside view of the tobacco rod or core forming plunger and its operatingmechanism, parts being broken away and shown in section. Fig. 10 is across section on line 10-10 of Fig. 1. Fig. 11 is a section on line 1111of Fig. 1. Fig. 12 is a cross section on the line 12*12 of Fig. P. Fig.13 is a side view, partly in section, showing the cylinder for holdingthe paper tube and knives for severing the same. Figs. let and 15 arecross sections taken on the lines l4l-lt and 15-45, respectively of Fig.13. Fig. 16 is a top plan view, partly in section and on a large scale,of the paper folding mechanism. Fig. 17 is a side view of the same,partly in section. Fig. 18 is a cross section through a part of thepaper folding means and the end of the tube-receiving cylinder. Fig. 19is a perspective view showing part of the tobacco, feed mechanism. Fig.20 is a perspective view showing another part of the operatingmechanism, a portion of the operating rod 26 being broken away. Fig. 21is a perspective view showing part of the cylinder and its operatingmechanism. Fig. 22 is a perspective view showing part of the paperfolding devices. Fig. 23 represents the slotted knife carrying framewhich I prefer to use when one knife only is used. Fig. 24 is an endview of the same. Fig. 25 is a top plan View of one of the cross headswhen several gangs are used at the same time.

The operating parts are supported on a long table or platform (amountedon pedestals b. On the left of the machine is a cross head 6 carryingthe ejecting rod for pushing the compressed rod of tobacco into theprepared paper tube. As said before the parts of the machine are mountedsubstantially in line with each other, and in the second section of themachine is located the tobacco rod or core forming mechanism providedwith means for feeding definite quantities of tobacco from a hopper intothe compression chamber or tobacco core forming die. Next in order comesthe cylinder for receiving and holding the paper tubes while the tobaccorods are pressed into said tubes, knife carrying mechanism beingassociated with this cylinder for severing the paper tube and itsinclosed tobacco rod or core into separate cigarettes. Next in ordercomes the paper folding means and the pa per reel. Separate means may beprovided, if desired, to close the ends of the cigarettes. All theoperating mechanism is mounted on or supported above the platform a.

0 represents the operating shaft, which may be driven by hand or bypower. On this shaftis mounted a large, heavy pulley a), which serves todrive the mechanism and also as a fly wheel. This shaft is located nearthe right hand end of the machine. On the left hand end of the machineis mounted the cross head 6, adapted to reciprocate in suitable guideson the platform a. The shaft 0 has, fixedly attached to it, a crank armf, and a long rod or link 9 is pivotally attached to the crank arm f andto an extension h on the cross head 6. Projecting from the cross head isthe ejecting rod 2', which serves to drive the compressed tobacco rodinto the prepared paper tube. As shown in Fig. 1, this ejecting rod hasto travel some little distance before it strikes the tobacco rod, for apurpose hereinafter explained.

The feeding and tobacco core forming mechanism will next be described.

j represents a hopper,located nearly above the core forming mechanism,and having a long discharge opening substantially equal in length to thelength of the compressing devices. In this hopper is mounted acontinuously rotating feeding means, preferably a brush is, mounted inan enlargement m of the hopper on a shaft n. The shaft 11 iscontinuously revolved from the main driving shaft 0 by a belt passingover the pulley (Z and over a similar pulley on the shaft p, that issupported in suitable bearings at right angles to the hopper j. Theshaft p is provided with a bevel gear wheel, 9, which meshes with asimilar gear wheel 1", on the shaft 11. Obviously, from the connectionsdescribed, the main shaft 0, which is constantly driven, will constantlyrotate the shaft n, causing the brush 7a to constantly feed tobacco fromthe hopper. This results in the feeding from the hopper of a greaterquantity of tobacco than is required to make the cigarette rods and theexcess of tobacco passes out through a discharge tube .9 into a suitablereceptacle (not shown) from whence it is reconveyed to the hopper j. Byfeeding an excess of tobacco from the hopper, I obtain the desiredresult of dispensing with complicated gearing for feeding exactly theright quantity of tobacco. This result, the regulation of the amount oftobacco fed, being accomplished as described hereinafter. A little belowthe brush is mounted a platform 25, provided with a discharge opening u.This platform is provided with a chute '0 leading to the compressionchamber or die of the tobacco core forming means. The lower part of thehopper is provided with a downward extension 10 attached to a supporta", which is supported from platform a and which sup ports the hopper.Between the support a: and the platform 23, is a movable bar y, adaptedto reciprocate back and forth and provided on its end with a box 2, openat both the top and the bottom and of such a size as to contain exactlythe required amount of tobacco necessary to form a rod. The part y isreciprocated at intervals by means hereinafter described, so that theopen bottom of the box 2 will, at certain definite times be brought overthe opening u in the platform 6.

On the platform a is mounted a support 1, cut away on its top for thereception of the die 2, which has an upwardly opening compressionchamber or groove 3 having parallel side walls and a curved bottom. Intoand out of the compression chamber 3, a plunger 4 is adapted toreciprocate, having a curved lower face 5, the plunger and die, when theformer is in its lowest possible position, as shown in Fig. 8, leaving acircular opening for the tobacco rod 6.

7 represents a right angled back plate located just behind the plunger4, and 8 re resents a right angled pusher member, w iich at certaintimes forms a continuation of one side of the lower end of the chute o,as shown in Fig. 8, and at other times acts to force or push a charge oftobacco up against the back plate 7 when plunger 4 is elevated as shownin Fig. 7. The pusher member 8, is operated at intervals by the bentlevers 9, mounted on a suitable shaft 10, to which is attached anoperating arm 98. Each of these levers and the arm 98 are provided withadjusting screws 11 and 12 whereby the throw of the lower end of thelever and thereby the length of movement of the part 8 toward back plate7 may be exactly regulated.

The pusher 8 is temporarily held in the position shown in Fig. 7, untilthe plunger 1 has entered the compression chamber 3 in the die 2, by thefollowing means :The support 1 is perforated and through this supportpasses a pin 13, carried on a spring plate 14. hen the part 8 hasreceded, as shown in Fig. 7, the spring plate 1 1 forces the pin'13 upbehind the horizontal part of the piston 8, temporarily locking itthere, as shown in Fig. 7'. At the proper time this spring plate 14 isforced downward by the bent rod or lever 15, allowing the part 8 to bereturned to its original position, namely, with one end in contact withthe stop 16, carried by the support 1. The return of the part 8 to itsoriginal position may be accomplished by any desired means, such for example, as a spiral spring 16 attached to the support 1, and at the otherend to a pin 17 carried by the piston 8 and projecting downwardlythrough a slot in the support 1.

The plunger 4 is mounted upon a horizontal frame 18. connected to a rackframe 20, best shown in Fig. 9. The plunger 4, frame 18 and rack frame20 are all connected together, and the part 19 serves as a guidetherefor, the plunger being in front of this guide frame. The rack frameis provided with a rack 21, which meshes with the toothed segmental gear22.

23 represents the supporting shaft for the gear 22, and on it is mounteda bell crank lever 24 carrying a roller 25 at its lower end. The upperarm' of the bell crank lever is provided with a number of perforations,and the gear 22 is also provided with a number of perforations so thatby the use of suitable pins, the gear 22 may be secured in variousdifferent positions upon the upper arm of the bell crank lever 24.

The bell crank lever 24, and thereby the tobacco rod or core formingplunger, is operated by the long operating rod 26 carried by the crosshead 6 and supported in suitable guides 99 and extending nearly thewhole length of the machine. As shown in Fig. 9, the operating rod isprovided with a level. portion 27, and a higher level portion 28, thesetwo parts being connected by the incline 29. Obviously the movement ofthe parts to the right from the position shown in Fig. 9 will lift theroller 25, thereby depressing the plunger. The operating rod 26 isprovided with a rounded projection 30, just at the top of the incline29, higher than the level 28. This is for the purpose of forcing theplunger 4 down against the tobacco to form a rod, and then as thisroller 25 comes down upon the level 28, the rod of tobacco is releasedso that it can be forced into the tube by the ejecting rod 2'. The shaft23 is mounted on a depending bracket 31, attached to the cross bar 32 ofthe frame, and passing through a perforation in the part 18. The rackframe and plunger are normally held in their highest position by meansof strong springs 33 on rods 34, which pass down through perforations inthe bar 32 of the frame, and are connected to the part 18 which connectsplunger 4 and rack frame 20. The compressing of these springs may beregulated by means of the nuts 35. The action of these springs is tonormally hold the parts in the position shown in Fig. 7, from whencethey are moved to the position shown in Fig. 8 by the action oftheoperating rod 26. As the spring 33 moves the parts from the positionshown in Fig. 8 to that. shown in Fig. 7, they operate the curved levers9, since the top of the rack frame 20 strikes the adjusting screw 11 onthe arm 98. As the plunger 4 descends the right angled arm 15 carriedthereby strikes the spring plate 14, as shown in Fig. 8, releasing thepart 8, whereupon the spring 16 draws said part 8 from the positionshown in Fig. 7 to that shown in Fig. 8. After the tobacco rod has beenformed, between the plunger 4 and the die 2, it is forced forward, atthe proper time, by the ejector rod 2'- into a paper tube previouslyprepared and lying in one of the longitudinal grooves 36 of the cylinder37. This cylinder is provided with a number of transverse grooves 38,into which the severing knives are adapted to descend to cut thecigarette rod into as many parts, each being a complete cigarette, asdesired. This cylinder may be of any desired length. This cylinder isadapted to be revolved at intervals step by step. On the shaft of thecylinder is mounted a ratchet wheel 39, having as many teeth thereon asthere are longitudinal grooves in the cylinder, usually six. As shown inFig. 21, this cylinder is revolved at intervals by means of a catch 4'on one end of one arm of the beh crank lever 41, mounted on. the pivot42. The bell crank lever 41 is operated by means of a bent arm 43, Fig.12, carried by the operating rod 26 and projecting downward below thelever 41. The arm 43 is jointed at its lower end, leaving a movable end44, which is provided with a stop 45, the result being that the looseend 44 of the arm 43 will slip over the lever 41 without operating itwhen moving in one direction, but when moving in the other directionwill operate said lever 41, since the stop 45 prevents the end 44 of thearm 43 from passing over the lever 41. The tobacco rod is forced intothe paper in the upper one of the longitudinal grooves 36 of thecylinder 37.

Located above each of the grooves 38 is a knife 46, pivotally supported,by means of links 47 and 52, in a bracket 48 having an enlarged head 49fixedly mounted on the bar 50 by means of the adjusting screws 51. Theseknives are caused to move down wardly toward the cylinder 37 and acrossthe same in alinement with the grooves 38 (see Figs. 11 and 13) and witha shearing cut simultaneously severing the paper tube from its blank andalso its inclosed tobacco core, whereby the tube and its core are cutinto the required lengths. and as the cylinder 37 is revoluble, thecigarettes fall by gravity into a receptacle, not shown, underneath saidcylinders. The links 47 have their upper ends adjustably fastened to anoperating shaft 53 by means of the set screws 54. This shaft 53 isrotated at intervals in the following manner :-1':\djustab1y fixed tosaid shaft, by means of set screws 56, is an arm The arm is depressed atthe proper intervals by means of a cam-57 carried on the operating rod26. Any desired means, such as a spring 58, attached at one end to thebracket 48 and at the other to the knife 46, may be employed to bringthe parts back into the position shown in Fig. 11 after the lever 55 hasbecome disengaged from the cam 57. This cam 57 is mounted so as to swingfreely on. the opcrating rod 26, but this rod is provided with a stop97, Fig. 20, allowing the cam to pass by the arm in one directionwithout operating it, while on the return movement, said cam willoperate said arm.

Means for making the paper tube will next be described.

58 represents a roll of paper supported in standards 59, which in turnaresupported on the platform a. The standards 59 are provided with arms60, which ontheir ends carry brackets supporting the guide roller 61.The strip of paper 62 passes over this guide roller and down betweenguide rollers 64 and 65 supported on brackets 66 on the platform a. Thestrip of paper then passes through the curved former 67, of any usual orpreferred shape, which is attached by means of a set screw 68 to a roundbar 69, leaving a space between the former and bar for the strip ofpaper to pass, said bar being pivoted at 70 on a bracket 71, supportedon the platform a. This bracket has an extended top 72 through whichpasses a set screw 73, the lower end of which bears against one end ofthe bar 69, for the purpose of adjustment. The bar 69 is provided with asmall crimping roller 74 mounted in a cut away portion thereof, andcontacting with a larger crimping roller 75 mounted on the shaft 76.Pasting devices may be used if desired. On the shaft7 6 is looselymounted a cog wheel 77 and a ratchet wheel 78 is fixed to said shaft.The cog wheel 77 engages with the teeth of a rack bar 7 9. It resultsfrom this construction that a movement of the rack bar in one directionwill not operate the shaft 76, but that the re verse movement will causethe rotation of said shaft, since the cog wheel 77 is loosely mounted onsaid shaft, while the ratchet wheel 78 is fixed to said shaft. The rackbar 79 is reciprocated by movement of the operating rod 26 by means ofan arm 96,

depending from said rod 26 and contacting with pins 95 adjustablymounted in slots 94 of the rack bar.

The means for reciprocating the parts 3 and z from the position shown inFig. 7 to that shown in Fig. 8 will next be described.

80 represents a tappet or projection on the cross head 6. This isarranged to strike an arm 81 fixed to the shaft 82, which has fixed onits upper end another arm 83, the outer end of which is pivotallyattached to the part y, a suitable allowance being made for. lostmotion. The cross head 6 on its return movement restores the parts tothe position shown in Fig. 7.

After the paper tube has been fed into the cylinder 37 it is necessary,or at least desirable, that one end of the paper tube be held firmlywhile the rod of tobacco is being forced into it to insure that the rodof tobacco shall be forced into the tube and shall not crumple up thepaper. Means for effecting this result are shown in Figs. 10, 13, 14 and15 of the drawings. 84 and 85 represent pivoted guide fingers curved atthe end to firmly hold the end of the paper tube next to the tobacco rodor core forming die. These arein the position shown in Fig. 15 when thetobacco rod is being forced into the paper tube and are at times swungaside to permit the cylinder 37 to freely revolve. These fingers areoperated in the following way :On the operating rod 26 are twoprojections, one being shown at 86 in Fig. 14, adapted to strike one endof a lever 87 pivoted at 88 in a bracket 89. The other end of this levercarries a pin which engages with the slotted links 90 and 91. Each ofthese links is firmly fixed to a rod such as 92, each of which rodscarries one of the fingers, such as 85. The rod 92 is supported inbrackets 93.

The operation is as follows :The hopper j being filled with tobacco anda roll of paper being placed on the supports 59, and the end thereofbeing brought in through the folder 67 and between the crimping rollers74 and 75, the shaft 0 is set in motion. This sets in operation thebrush is which fills the box a with tobacco. The cross head movesforward until the tappet 8O strikes the arm 81, which swings the box 2over the opening u discharging one measured charge of tobacco into thechute '0, as shown in Fig. 8. The plunger 4 is then raised andsimultaneously the part 8 is pushed toward the back plate 7, as shown inF ig. 7. The plunger 4 then descends, forming a tobaccc rod, as shown inFig. 8. Meantime the cross head 6 has returned to the position shown inFig. 1, and a paper tube has been fed into the uppermost longitudinalgroove in the cylinder 37, the ends of said tube .being held by thefingers 84 and 85. On the next movement to the right of the cross head,the ejector rod 2' presses the rod of tobacco past the fingers 84 and 85into the paper tube. It should be noted that the lower end of theplunger 4 is always within the die 2, except momentarily when a freshcharge of tobacco is fed into the said die. After the rod t has beenforced into the paper tube, the knives 46 descend with a swingingmovement, cutting the cigarette rod and its inclosing paper tube intocigarettes, as before stated, the fingers 84 and 85 are then drawn backand the cylinder 37 revolved one-sixth of a revolution after which thecycle of operations is repeated.

It should be noted that the cylinder that contains the paper tube may beof any desired length, so that one or more cigarettes may be produced at.each operation of the cross head. It should be further noted that anumber of machines may be mounted on the same platform, as can easily bedone since the parts are in substantlally a straight line in which caseall the parts could be operated by a common crank shaft and a commoncross head, as shown in Fig. 25.

While I have thus described my invention, I wish it tobe distinctlyunderstood that I do not limit myself to the exact details shown anddescribed, as these might be varied widely without departing from thespirit of my invention.

I claim 1. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a hopper, meanssubstantially closing the bottom of said hopper and operating tocontinuously feed tobacco fro-m the bottom thereof in excess of thequantity required for each tobacco core, measuring means for receivingthe proper quantity of tobacco for each core, means for conducting offthe excess tobacco, and means for forming a tobacco core, said measuringmeans operating adjacent said hopper and movable to convey and deliver ameasured quantity of tobacco to said core forming means, substantiallyas described.

2. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a hopper having its bottomsubstantially closed by a rotating feeder for continuously dischargingtobacco therefrom, means for conducting off the excess of tobacco, meansfor forming a tobacco core and a chute leading thereto, a carrier forreceiving a measured quantity of tobacco, and means for operating saidcarrier between said hopper and chute for delivering a measured chargeof tobacco to said core forming means, substantially as described.

3. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a hopper having its bottomsubstantially closed by a revolving brush for continuously dischargingtobacco therefrom, means for conducting off the excess of tobacco,tobacco core forming means, a support provided with a discharge openingleading to said core forming means, a carrier open at the top and bottomfor receiving a measured quantity of tobacco and slidably mounted onsaid support, said support forming a closed bottom for said carrierduring a portion of its travel, and means for reciprocating said carrieron said support between said hopper and discharge opening, substantiallyas described.

4. In a cigarette machine, the combination of tobacco core formingmeans, a chute leading thereto, a hopper, a revolving brush sulstantially closing the bottom of said hopper and discharging the tobaccocontinuously therefrom, a flat support having an opening delivering intosaid chute, a carrier open at the top and bottom and mounted on saidflat support, and means for reciprocating said carrier between saidhopper and chute, substantially as described.

In a cigarette machine, the combination of a plunger and die, operatingmeans for reciprocating said plunger, and automatic means for feeding ameasured quantity of tobacco between said plunger and said die, saidoperating means being arranged to withdraw said plunger from said diemomentarily during the feeding therebetween of ameasured quantity oftobacco, to then operate said plunger to compress the tobacco betweenthe plunger and die, and to then slightly withdraw said plunger leavingit still in engagement with said die, substantially as described.

(3. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a plunger and die, meansfor feeding a measured quantity of tobacco between said plunger and.die, means for holding a part of said feeding means as a wall to holdthe tobacco between said plunger and said die, means for releasing saidfeeding means and returning it to its original position at the propertime, means for locking said feeding means and means for operating saidplunger, substantially as described.

7. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a cylinder provided withlongitudinal and transverse grooves, means for feeding a paper tube intoone of said grooves, means for forcing a rod of tobacco into said tube,and means for severing said tube, substantially as described.

8. In a cigarette machine, the combination of a revoluble cylinderprovided with longitudinal and transverse grooves, means for forming apaper tube and feeding it into said cylinder, means for forcing a rod oftobacco into said tube, and means for simultaneously cutting said tubeand said rod at various places, substantially as described.

9. In a cigarette machine, the combination of means for forming a coreof tobacco,

means for forming a paper tube of any desired length, a revolublecylindrical member having transverse grooves and having longitudinalgrooves extending along its periphery for receiving and supporting saidpaper tubes, means for forcing the core of tobacco into said tube, a setof knives in the line of said work, each of said knives being disposedabove one of said transverse grooves and supported at its ends by swinging arms, one set of said arms being rigidly secured on a rock shaft,means for intermittently rocking said shaft for swinging said knivessimultaneously in a downward and transverse dlrection for simultaneouslysevering sald core and tube into a plurallty of sections wlth shearingcuts, and means for retracting said knives at the end of their cuttmgstrokes, substantially as described.

